Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1501
Hannah Sanghee Park: "The One Mockingbird Only ...
3 min
1502
Jada Renée Allen: "Interior"
2 min
1503
Dāshaun Washington: "A Fairy Tale of Blackboyho...
4 min
1504
Rachel Moritz: "Poem for Rebecca Wight"
2 min
1505
Nick Demske: "I let the flies bite me when I me...
3 min
1506
Effie Lee Newsome: "Sunset"
1 min
1507
Tu Fu: "The River Village"
2 min
1508
Cammy Thomas: "French Toast"
2 min
1509
Timmy Straw: "Copernicus"
3 min
1510
Kimberly Alidio: "a feeling has passed before a...
3 min
1511
Dan Lau: "XX Judgement"
2 min
1512
Guest Editor Interview: August Guest Editor Kaz...
29 min
1513
Dan Rosenberg: "Order"
3 min
1514
Sara Teasdale: "August Moonrise"
4 min
1515
Carrie Law Morgan Figgs: "Life"
3 min
1516
Natasha Marin: "Once upon a Black Imagination..."
3 min
1517
Yanyi: "Landscape with a Hundred Turns"
3 min
1518
Ronaldo V. Wilson: "UPON Grief and Grievance: A...
6 min
1519
Vanessa Angélica Villarreal: "I Was a Good Wife"
3 min
1520
Gwen Westerman: "Give-Away Song"
4 min
1521
Maxwell Anderson: "Earth Evanescent"
1 min
1522
George Moses Horton: "Memory"
2 min
1523
Brandy Nālani McDougall: "Resist"
6 min
1524
Sara Marie Ortiz: "Iyáaní (Spirit, Breath, Li...
4 min
1525
Elisabet Velasquez: "Professional Spanish Knock...
3 min